Written about the work conditions of immigrants but led to reform in the food industry.
Writers, photographers, reporters who brought attention to things in society that needed to be changed.
Passed to set standards for food processing as well as rules on patent medicines to cut down on "quackery".
Born a slave, early civil rights activist, founded the Tuskegee Institute. Thought American blacks could work their way up in society through education, often disagreed with W.E.B Dubois.
Narrow, low rise apartment buildings that were often crowded and dirty.
Was the first measure by Congress to prohibit trusts(large monopolies) in business. It attempted to regulate interstate trade.
When government doesn't interfere with businesses in the free market.
Large buildings in crowded immigrant neighborhoods that provided day care and kindergarten classes for children, English classes, entertainment and help to poor workers (Example: The Hull House in Chicago)
A theory or system of social organization that advocates the ownership and control of production and distribution of goods, land etc in the community as a whole.
The National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
Early civil rights activist who argued for full rights for African Americans. He often disagreed with Booker T. Washington and was friendly later in life to communist leaders like Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong.
An early investigative journalist who looked to shed light on what she viewed as unfair business practices put in place by trusts like Standard Oil.
Was a progressive muckraker who focus on women's suffrage and the civil rights of African Americans.
When a business controls all parts of that business or controls all products made by the business.
The nicknames given to America's business leaders during the late 19th and early 20th century.
A photographer who documented the plight of the urban poor in NYC through his photographs.
Written about the work conditions of immigrants but led to reform in the food industry.
Passed to set standards for food processing as well as rules on patent medicines to cut down on "quackery".